Oil-collector.



W. KUVNAT.

03L COLLECTOR,

APPLECRTION FILED APR. :0. 19m.

INVENTOR ATTORNEY Mflam Eva rial.

're s'rnn ENT WILLIAM Keynes, on new roan, n. Y.

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' which can be satisfactorily employed in connection with sewingmachines or other forms of machines which are frequently supplied withlubricating oil while in operation.

An object of the invention is to provide a collector which may be usedin conjunction with a drip pan, the latter being of a design to underliethe machine and to collect the drippings therefrom and convey the sameto a receiving receptacle, the latter being. detaohably connected withthe tray so as to be readily applied thereto or removed therefromas theoccasion demands.

With the above and other objects in view which will appearas the natureof the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improvedconstruction and novel arrangement of parts which will hereinafter befully described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, has been illustrated, a single andpreferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that nolimitations are necessarily made to the precise structural detailstherein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and modificationswithin the scope of the claims may be resorted to when desired.

Figure 1, is a perspective view of my improved oil collector.

Fig. 2, is a longitudinal section therethrough. v

Fig. 3,'is a plan view thereof.

Fig. 4, is a bottom plan view of a portion oi the tray.

Fig. 5, is a section on an enlarged scale through a portion of the trayand the receiving receptacle.

The device, as designed is for reclaiming a wasted lubricant and isparticularly applicable to sewing machines and the like which, in largeindustrial establishments are placed in constant operation, requiringthem to be frequently lubricated. Ordinarily the lubricant in passingfrom the machine Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 2c, 1918.

Application flied April 10, 1918. Serial II 0. 227,727.

is taken off by dripping upon the floor where it is made an, absolutewaste. I desire to collect and reclaimthis lubricant and permit the sameto be further utilized. In carrying out the invention the followinginstru mentalities are employed:

Assuming 6 to represent the top of a sewing machine table, stand or thelike having an opening 7, therein 1 place a tray 8. This tray may; beconstructed of metal or other suitable well known material and it ispreferably provided with suitable passages 10 and 11, arranged toaccommodate, certain of the working parts of a sewing machine. The trayis adapted to underlie the mechanical parts of the machine so that whenthe machine is lubricated the waste drippings will fall in said tray.The openings 10 and 11, are preferably bounded in a suitable manner bywalls 12,- which serve to prevent the escape of the liquid lubricantfromthe tray.

The tray is lower at the point 13 than any other portion of the tray andthis lowering constitutes a drain for the final passage of the liquidlubricant to a receiving vessel 14. At the portion 13, is formed adischarge passage 15, while under the passage and secured to the tray isacollar 16, having thread formingportions- 17, adapted to coact withsimilar portions 18, on the neck of the vessel '14. In this manner itwill be so I manifest that the vessel is adapted to be readily appliedto or removed from the col lar as the occasion necessitates. The opening15, has its walls flared in a downward direction toward the open end ofthe receptacle 14, so that the liquid lubricant will be made todischarge directly within the receptacle. The tray is provided withgrooves 19, which all terminate at the opening 15, and in each of saidgrooves T arrange an absorbent wick 20, by means of which the fluid asit enters the grooves will be taken by adhesion to the drain opening 15.

in use the receptacle 14, is applied as shown in Figs. 2 and 5. As oilis wasted from the machinery which is located above the tray 8, it willdrip to the said tray where it will be fed to the lowest point 13,

of said tray to be in turn, conveyed to the receiving receptacle. Whenthe receptacle contains a suficient quantity of oil it may be removedfrom the tray and the oil placed in a suitable contrivance where it maybe again introduced to the working machinery. In this manner a materialsaving is efi'ected; the liquid lubricant can be used many times bycollecting the same from the drip tray hereinbefore mentioned, thedevice is simple, strong and durable and is capable of being equallyapplied to or removed from the tray at the desire of the operator.Adapted to be interposed between the neck of the bottle and the openingin said tray is a suitable strainer cloth 21, by means of which heavyforeign particles can be separated from the oil as the latter isdischarged into said receptacle.

.portions inclined toward said opening, a

filtering screen extending over the collar at its point of connectionwith the tray, and a receptacle detachable from the collar and providedwith a neck adapted to snugly fit 25 against the collar beneath thescreen.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

WILLIAM KOVNAT.

